Bottle-filling machine.



S. B. GOFF.

BOTTLE mum; MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29| 1913- 1,140,032. Patented May18, 1915.

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S.B .GOFF. BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED. mo. 29. 1913.

Pafented May 18,1915.

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THE NORRIS FETER5 CO., FHO70 LITHO., WASHINGTON, D. C.

S. B. GOFF.

BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, 1913. 1,140,032.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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% Jamuelfi Goff SAMUEL GOFF, or CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 18', 1915.

Application filed December 29, 1913. Serial No. 809,263.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. Gorr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-FillingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle filling machines, theobject of the invention being to provide improved means forsimultaneously filling a plurality of bot-' tles and controlling theopening and closing movements of the outlet valves by the verticalmovement of the bottle elevating means. i

A further object is to provide an improved construction and arrangementof supply tank having an improved arrangement of valves operated in animproved manner by a bottle elevating means.

A further object is to provide improved elastic supporting and elevatingmeans for the bottles having an improved device for holding the bottlesin elevated filling position. a

With these and other objects in view, the invention consistsin' certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims. Y Y

In the accompanying drawings: Figure .1 f is a view in elevation partlyin section illus-. trating my improvements. Fig. 2 is ajview in verticaltransverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlargedfragmentary view in longitudinal section illustrating one of the valvescontrolling the outlet of liquid and showing a bottle in posiview insection on an enlarged scale on'the line 66 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 isja viewin transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 1.

1 represents a supporting base and 2, 2 are standards secured on thebase and strengthened by'a'horizontal bar 3 and by V a stationaryplatform 4, which are connected at their ends to the standards. Thestandards 2 are provided on their inner faces at theirupper ends' withchannel guides 5 to receive flanges 6 on the ends" of a supply tankThese guides have closed rear ends,

and their forward ends areclosed by -piv-,-

oted' lugs 8 which are adapted to be swung down 1nto position over theouter ends of the flanges 6 and securely hold the tank against movement.The tank 7 is providedv l in its. bottom with a plurality of outlet.

nozzles 9 conforming in number to the number of bottles 10 to be filled,and having conical sleeves ll thereon preferably of rubber to enter theopen ends of the bottles 3 and form a tight juncture therewith. The

inner ends of the outlet nozzles 9 are nor'-' mally closed by valves 12which are secured to the lower ends of rods 13 and have weights 14around the rods to return the valves by gravity to closed position. Therods 13 project through openings 14* in a cover 15 removably supportedon the tank and A supply pipe 19 is provided to direct milk into aninlet trough 20 of the tank 7 This pipe 19 has a pivoted valve 21 whichis connected by a link 22 with a'lever 58. The

lever 58 is pivotally supported .between'its; ends, and at its other endis connected to a float 59 in the tank 7 so that this float opere atesto automatically open and close the valve 21 and maintain a uniformlevel of liquid in the tank; To prevent any poss'i bility of the cover15 accidentally movingon 5 the tank, I provide locking rods 23 which areprojected through openings 24in the front and rear Walls of the tank,and

through sleeves 25 fixed to the bottom of the cover as clearly shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 4. l

The plate 17 is secured to a transverse bar 26 having its ends bentdownwardly" as shown at27 and securedto horizontal bars" 28 at thefront, and rear of the tank; These bars 28Iproject through angularguides 29 possibility oflongitudinal movement of the bars 28, yet permitthem to move vertically a distance sufficient to open the valves;12.

The platform 4 is provided with guides 32 to direct. a crate 33 intoproper position be low the tank 7, and when the crate is in thisposition, all of its bottles 10 will be located below the nozzles 9. Aroller 60 is supported on the platform at the inner ends of the guides32, and serves as a stop to limit the movement of the crate to guide thelatter in position, but when the bottles are filled, the crate may beforced over this roller, and taken off the opposite side of theplatform. Crates 33, particularly those designed for carrying milkbottles, are provided with openings 34 in the bottom of the crate belowthe bottles, and when the crate is properly positioned, these bottleswill also be located above openings 35 in the platform 4 in position tobe engaged by blocks 36 which are supported by coiled springs 37 securedat their lower ends in sockets 38 on an elevator open the valves as willhereinafter appear.

These rods 56, when the platform is in its lowest position, are spacedfrom the bars 28, so that they do not serve to open the valves until thebottles are in position on the nozzles.

The elevator 39 is supported on the upper end of a plunger 42 which ismovable through a guide sleeve 43 on bar 3, and at its lower end isconnected to a foot lever 44.

' The particular connecting device illustrated comprises a bifurcatedbracket 45 pivotally connected to the lever 42 by a pin 46 and having onits upper end, a finger 47 projecting into a socket 48 in the lower endof the plunger. The lever 44 is fulcrumed between its ends in abifurcated bracket 49 on base 1, and is adapted to be locked in positionto hold the bottles in elevated filling position by means of a pivotedarm 50. The arm 50 is supported by a transverse rod 51 secured inbrackets 52 on standards 2. The arm 50 is free to slide on the rod 51 inone direction, but its movement in the other direction is limited by afixed collar 53 so that this collar will stop the arm in a properposition over the lever 44. The arm 50 has a sharp end 54 adapted toengage in a notch 55 in the lever and hold the latter in its loweredposition to maintain the bottles in position for filling. It will benoted, particuplunger 42 and elevator 39 upwardly. This upward movementof the elevator causes the spring-pressed blocks 36 to move the bottles10 out of the crate 33 and into close engagement with the nozzles 9.After this contact is made, the rods 56 will engage bars 28 and forcethe said bars 28 and bar 27 with the plate 17 upwardly, thus lifting allof the valves and allowing the liquid in tank 7 to iiow into thebottles. If desired, the parts may be locked in this position by movingthe arm 50 so as to position its lower end 54 in the notch 55. WVhen thebottles are filled, the lever is allowed to move upwardly, and as theelevator begins its downward move ment, the first operation will be topermit the valves to close as the rods 56 will move away from the bars28 without lowering the bottles. This difference in movement ispermitted by reason of the springs 37, and furthermore the springs 37operate to elastically hold all of the bottles against the nozzles andcompensate for any difference in the sizes and shapes of the bottles.

It will be noted that the ends of the nozzles 9 operate as displacementdevices inside of the bottles, so that such milk as is contained in thenozzles may flow into the bottles as the latter are lowered, thedisplacement of the nozzles providing sufficient accommodation for thismilk within the nozzles.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider my selfat liberty'to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle filling machine comprising a tank having a plurality oftransverse series of nozzles in its bottom, of valves in the tanknormally closing the nozzles, rods connected to the valves andprojecting through the top of the tank, a single plate connecting all ofsaid rods above the tank, guides on the sides of the tank, horizontalbars vertically movable in said guides, a transverse bar secured betweenits ends to the plate, and at its ends to said horizontal bars, avertically movable elevator below the tank, and upwardly projecting rodson the elevator adapted to engage and elevate the horizontal bars,substantially as described.

2. A bottle filling" machine, comprising a tank having a plurality oftransverse series of nozzles in its bottom, of valves in the tanknormally closing the nozzles, rods connected to the valves andprojecting through the top of the tank, a single plate connecting all ofsaid rods above the tank, guides on the sides of the tank, horizontalbars vertically movable in said guides, a transverse bar secured betweenits ends to the plate and at its ends to said horizontal bars, saidguides having openings therein, pins on the horizontal bars movablethrough the guides and preventing longitudinal movement of thehorizontal bars, a vertically movable elevator below the tank, andupwardly projecting rods on the elevator adapted to engage thehorizontal bars and move them vertically when the elevator is movedupwardly, substantially as described.

3. A bottle filling machine, comprising a tank having a plurality oftransverse series of nozzles in its bottom, of valves in the tanknormally closing the nozzles, rods connected to the valves andprojecting through the top of the tank, a single plate connecting all ofsaid rods above the tank, guides on the sides of the tank, horizontalbars vertically movable in said guides, a transverse bar secured betweenits ends to the plate and at its ends to said horizontal bars, avertically movable elevator below the tank, upwardly projecting rods onthe elevator adapted to engage the horizontal bars, and a cratesupporting platform having openings therethrough for the passage of therods and having openings therethrough for bottle supporting means on theelevator, substantially as described.

4:. A bottle filling machine, comprising a tank having nozzles in itsbottom, valves normally closing the nozzles, rods connected to thevalves, a plate above the tank connecting all of the rods, a memberconnected to the plate and projecting from both sides of the tank,horizontal bars at opposite sides of the tank connected to said member,guides on the sides of the tank limiting the upward movement of thebars, a vertically movable elevator below the tank, and upwardlyprojecting rods on the elevator normally spaced from the bars andadapted to engage the said bars to elevate all of the valves when theelevator is in bottle filling position, substantially as described. I

5. A bottle filling machine, comprising a tank having nozzles in itsbottom, valves normally closing the nozzles, rods connected to thevalves, a plate above the tank connecting all of the rods, a memberconnected to the plate and projecting from both side of the tank,horizontal bars at opposite sides of the tank connected to said member,guides on the sides of the tank through which the bars project, saidguides having openings therein, upwardly projecting fingers on the barsextending through the openings in the guides and holdingv the'barsagainst longitudinal movement, a vertically movable elevator below thetank, and upwardly projecting rods on the elevator normally spaced fromthe bars and adapted to engage the said bars to elevate all of thevalves when the elevator is in bottle filling position, substantially asdescribed. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

- SAMUEL B. GOFF.

Witnesses: r i

M. E. DITTUS, CHAs'. E. Po'r'rs.

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